Configuration Audit and Control Facility (CACF) combines Change Management, Configuration Management (CMDB), and Discovery Management to provide change verification. Change verification helps ensure that the CMDB reflects any changes accurately, and the Discovery Management tools verify the changes.
Select the Configuration Management tab to define change specifications, CIs and view the Verification log.
You administer the CACF components in the Configuration Control node in the CA CMDB section of the Administration tab and define and view CACF change specifications from the Change Order, CI and Incident forms.
The CMDB Administrator defines the CIs and attributes to manage and defines the policy for updating those CIs and attributes.
The Administrator must consider allowing standard changes, defining authoritative and trusted sources of data, and defining which CIs and CI attributes are under CACF management. If an incorrectly executed change or rogue change occurs (also referred to as a variance), CA SDM can accept the new value, create an Incident, or copy the data to the TWA for later processing. CA SDM can also use any combination of these actions.
Important! The Configuration and Change Administrators must define a change verification strategy for your environment. For more information about implementing change verification, see the Administration Guide.
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